A teenager who was found dead in a field just off of US Highway 2 in Blaine County early Thursday morning has been identified as 17-year-old Jeremy Tincher.

Hypothermia has been determined to be the cause of death by the Montana State Medical Examiner in Billings, according to the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office.

According to a press release, Tincher was last seen walking along Highway 2 between Harlem and Fort Belknap on Wednesday evening. He apparently was not dressed adequately for the frigid temperatures and “succumbed to hypothermia and exposure.”

Alcohol may have been a factor in the death according to the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office, which is handling the investigation.

Temperatures near Harlem plummeted to well below 20-degrees below zero with wind chill in the early morning hours Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

It is the second hypothermia-related death in as many weeks in Blaine County, as Harlem resident Antonio Castillo died in freezing temperatures on Dec. 29 in a trailer with an insufficient heat source.

“The Blaine County Sheriff’s/Coroner’s Office extends its deepest condolences to the family and community for the loss of this young man,” the press release reads. “ This is the second death in Blaine County due to hypothermia in as many weeks. BCSO implores community members to take these frigid temperatures seriously and dress accordingly. Disorientation and death can occur in a matter of minutes when outside temperatures are so cold.”